DOROTHY VOGT(1927 - 2018)
VOGT, DOROTHY (nee Brabb) of Dimondale, MI, died peacefully at home at sunset on May 25, 2018, at the age of 91, surrounded by her loving family. She was known for her lifelong generosity and thoughtfulness, her amazing artistic talent and quirky sense of fun. She will be sorely missed by her husband and family. Born April 13, 1927, in Grand Rapids, MI, Dorothy was a highly intelligent and creative artist, mother and wife, who thought first of others even up until her last hours. She was the daughter of William Earle Brabb and Isabel (Longwell) Brabb of Grand Rapids, and predeceased in death last year by her only sibling, Nancy (Edward) Keegstra of Stevensville, MI. Dorothy graduated in 1945 from Creston High School, where she studied Latin, developed a love of literature and dated many fine young men, including ___________ , with whom she celebrated 69 years of marriage earlier this year. A great beauty with luxuriant auburn hair, she was an Honored Queen of Job's Daughters in her youth. After high school graduation, Dorothy studied nursing at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids, eventually joining the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. She had close ties to the Upper Peninsula, where her father was born on St. Martin Island just before the turn of the 20th century; she inherited his amazing ingenuity and creativity. Dorothy's creative talents ran the gamut: Pastel portraits, oil murals, watercolors, upholstered furniture, crocheted Christmas angels, lovely garden flowers, signature fudge eggs each Easter, elaborately decorated birthday cakes and one-of-a-kind Halloween costumes. She was a spectacular cook, rarely needing a recipe to create a culinary masterpiece. Her hands were rarely still. She and her family eventually moved to Escanaba, where she was a prominent member of the community. She contributed numerous artistic creations for the neighborhood Halloween carnival, elaborate musical theater costumes for the high school plays and brilliantly colored felt Christmas banners for First Presbyterian Church, where she was a deaconess. Perhaps one of her most creative works was to find time to pursue her love of art, even occasionally managing to steal time to study painting with her close friend ___ ___ of Escanaba. Dorothy was also an accomplished card player and regularly dealt in her children and grandchildren to games of Set-Back. Unlike her beloved Joe, she was no pull-backer! A dog lover, she was also an avid reader and devoured countless mystery novels and read four newspapers each day. In her later years, she accompanied her daughters and their families on a dozen or more trips to Europe, visiting virtually every country from England to Austria. She explored the museums and wine and did her best to avoid the garlic in Italy. In spite of her many interests, however, there was no question about her first
priority: her beloved family. Dorothy was truly the most caring, interesting and creative person any of her children have ever known. Besides her husband, ___ , Dorothy is survived by four children: _____________ ; seven grandchildren: ________________ ; and two great grandchildren: ____________. Burial was at Lakeside Cemetery, St. Ignace, MI, alongside her parents. A fund has been established in Dorothy's memory. The Dorothy Vogt Fund, to support the Alice Uren Powers Gallery, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, 700 First Avenue South, Escanaba, MI, 49829. (501(c)(3) organization). Or, you can toast Dorothy with a glass of chardonnay. She would have liked that.
Funeral Home
Field & Leik Funeral Home - Dimondale
122 W. Washington Dimondale, MI 48821
(517) 646-0515
As published in Grand Rapids Press on June 1, 2018, Grand Rapids, Michigan
NAMES REDACTED FOR PRIVACY OF THE LIVING.
VOGT, DOROTHY (nee Brabb) of Dimondale, MI, died peacefully at home at sunset on May 25, 2018, at the age of 91, surrounded by her loving family. She was known for her lifelong generosity and thoughtfulness, her amazing artistic talent and quirky sense of fun. She will be sorely missed by her husband and family. Born April 13, 1927, in Grand Rapids, MI, Dorothy was a highly intelligent and creative artist, mother and wife, who thought first of others even up until her last hours. She was the daughter of William Earle Brabb and Isabel (Longwell) Brabb of Grand Rapids, and predeceased in death last year by her only sibling, Nancy (Edward) Keegstra of Stevensville, MI. Dorothy graduated in 1945 from Creston High School, where she studied Latin, developed a love of literature and dated many fine young men, including ___________ , with whom she celebrated 69 years of marriage earlier this year. A great beauty with luxuriant auburn hair, she was an Honored Queen of Job's Daughters in her youth. After high school graduation, Dorothy studied nursing at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids, eventually joining the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. She had close ties to the Upper Peninsula, where her father was born on St. Martin Island just before the turn of the 20th century; she inherited his amazing ingenuity and creativity. Dorothy's creative talents ran the gamut: Pastel portraits, oil murals, watercolors, upholstered furniture, crocheted Christmas angels, lovely garden flowers, signature fudge eggs each Easter, elaborately decorated birthday cakes and one-of-a-kind Halloween costumes. She was a spectacular cook, rarely needing a recipe to create a culinary masterpiece. Her hands were rarely still. She and her family eventually moved to Escanaba, where she was a prominent member of the community. She contributed numerous artistic creations for the neighborhood Halloween carnival, elaborate musical theater costumes for the high school plays and brilliantly colored felt Christmas banners for First Presbyterian Church, where she was a deaconess. Perhaps one of her most creative works was to find time to pursue her love of art, even occasionally managing to steal time to study painting with her close friend ___ ___ of Escanaba. Dorothy was also an accomplished card player and regularly dealt in her children and grandchildren to games of Set-Back. Unlike her beloved Joe, she was no pull-backer! A dog lover, she was also an avid reader and devoured countless mystery novels and read four newspapers each day. In her later years, she accompanied her daughters and their families on a dozen or more trips to Europe, visiting virtually every country from England to Austria. She explored the museums and wine and did her best to avoid the garlic in Italy. In spite of her many interests, however, there was no question about her first
priority: her beloved family. Dorothy was truly the most caring, interesting and creative person any of her children have ever known. Besides her husband, ___ , Dorothy is survived by four children: _____________ ; seven grandchildren: ________________ ; and two great grandchildren: ____________. Burial was at Lakeside Cemetery, St. Ignace, MI, alongside her parents. A fund has been established in Dorothy's memory. The Dorothy Vogt Fund, to support the Alice Uren Powers Gallery, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, 700 First Avenue South, Escanaba, MI, 49829. (501(c)(3) organization). Or, you can toast Dorothy with a glass of chardonnay. She would have liked that.
Funeral Home
Field & Leik Funeral Home - Dimondale
122 W. Washington Dimondale, MI 48821
(517) 646-0515
As published in Grand Rapids Press on June 1, 2018, Grand Rapids, Michigan
NAMES REDACTED FOR PRIVACY OF THE LIVING.
DOROTHY VOGT(1927 - 2018)
VOGT, DOROTHY (nee Brabb) of Dimondale, MI, died peacefully at home at sunset on May 25, 2018, at the age of 91, surrounded by her loving family. She was known for her lifelong generosity and thoughtfulness, her amazing artistic talent and quirky sense of fun. She will be sorely missed by her husband and family. Born April 13, 1927, in Grand Rapids, MI, Dorothy was a highly intelligent and creative artist, mother and wife, who thought first of others even up until her last hours. She was the daughter of William Earle Brabb and Isabel (Longwell) Brabb of Grand Rapids, and predeceased in death last year by her only sibling, Nancy (Edward) Keegstra of Stevensville, MI. Dorothy graduated in 1945 from Creston High School, where she studied Latin, developed a love of literature and dated many fine young men, including ___________ , with whom she celebrated 69 years of marriage earlier this year. A great beauty with luxuriant auburn hair, she was an Honored Queen of Job's Daughters in her youth. After high school graduation, Dorothy studied nursing at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids, eventually joining the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. She had close ties to the Upper Peninsula, where her father was born on St. Martin Island just before the turn of the 20th century; she inherited his amazing ingenuity and creativity. Dorothy's creative talents ran the gamut: Pastel portraits, oil murals, watercolors, upholstered furniture, crocheted Christmas angels, lovely garden flowers, signature fudge eggs each Easter, elaborately decorated birthday cakes and one-of-a-kind Halloween costumes. She was a spectacular cook, rarely needing a recipe to create a culinary masterpiece. Her hands were rarely still. She and her family eventually moved to Escanaba, where she was a prominent member of the community. She contributed numerous artistic creations for the neighborhood Halloween carnival, elaborate musical theater costumes for the high school plays and brilliantly colored felt Christmas banners for First Presbyterian Church, where she was a deaconess. Perhaps one of her most creative works was to find time to pursue her love of art, even occasionally managing to steal time to study painting with her close friend ___ ___ of Escanaba. Dorothy was also an accomplished card player and regularly dealt in her children and grandchildren to games of Set-Back. Unlike her beloved Joe, she was no pull-backer! A dog lover, she was also an avid reader and devoured countless mystery novels and read four newspapers each day. In her later years, she accompanied her daughters and their families on a dozen or more trips to Europe, visiting virtually every country from England to Austria. She explored the museums and wine and did her best to avoid the garlic in Italy. In spite of her many interests, however, there was no question about her first
priority: her beloved family. Dorothy was truly the most caring, interesting and creative person any of her children have ever known. Besides her husband, ___ , Dorothy is survived by four children: _____________ ; seven grandchildren: ________________ ; and two great grandchildren: ____________. Burial was at Lakeside Cemetery, St. Ignace, MI, alongside her parents. A fund has been established in Dorothy's memory. The Dorothy Vogt Fund, to support the Alice Uren Powers Gallery, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, 700 First Avenue South, Escanaba, MI, 49829. (501(c)(3) organization). Or, you can toast Dorothy with a glass of chardonnay. She would have liked that.
Funeral Home
Field & Leik Funeral Home - Dimondale
122 W. Washington Dimondale, MI 48821
(517) 646-0515
As published in Grand Rapids Press on June 1, 2018, Grand Rapids, Michigan
NAMES REDACTED FOR PRIVACY OF THE LIVING.
VOGT, DOROTHY (nee Brabb) of Dimondale, MI, died peacefully at home at sunset on May 25, 2018, at the age of 91, surrounded by her loving family. She was known for her lifelong generosity and thoughtfulness, her amazing artistic talent and quirky sense of fun. She will be sorely missed by her husband and family. Born April 13, 1927, in Grand Rapids, MI, Dorothy was a highly intelligent and creative artist, mother and wife, who thought first of others even up until her last hours. She was the daughter of William Earle Brabb and Isabel (Longwell) Brabb of Grand Rapids, and predeceased in death last year by her only sibling, Nancy (Edward) Keegstra of Stevensville, MI. Dorothy graduated in 1945 from Creston High School, where she studied Latin, developed a love of literature and dated many fine young men, including ___________ , with whom she celebrated 69 years of marriage earlier this year. A great beauty with luxuriant auburn hair, she was an Honored Queen of Job's Daughters in her youth. After high school graduation, Dorothy studied nursing at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids, eventually joining the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. She had close ties to the Upper Peninsula, where her father was born on St. Martin Island just before the turn of the 20th century; she inherited his amazing ingenuity and creativity. Dorothy's creative talents ran the gamut: Pastel portraits, oil murals, watercolors, upholstered furniture, crocheted Christmas angels, lovely garden flowers, signature fudge eggs each Easter, elaborately decorated birthday cakes and one-of-a-kind Halloween costumes. She was a spectacular cook, rarely needing a recipe to create a culinary masterpiece. Her hands were rarely still. She and her family eventually moved to Escanaba, where she was a prominent member of the community. She contributed numerous artistic creations for the neighborhood Halloween carnival, elaborate musical theater costumes for the high school plays and brilliantly colored felt Christmas banners for First Presbyterian Church, where she was a deaconess. Perhaps one of her most creative works was to find time to pursue her love of art, even occasionally managing to steal time to study painting with her close friend ___ ___ of Escanaba. Dorothy was also an accomplished card player and regularly dealt in her children and grandchildren to games of Set-Back. Unlike her beloved Joe, she was no pull-backer! A dog lover, she was also an avid reader and devoured countless mystery novels and read four newspapers each day. In her later years, she accompanied her daughters and their families on a dozen or more trips to Europe, visiting virtually every country from England to Austria. She explored the museums and wine and did her best to avoid the garlic in Italy. In spite of her many interests, however, there was no question about her first
priority: her beloved family. Dorothy was truly the most caring, interesting and creative person any of her children have ever known. Besides her husband, ___ , Dorothy is survived by four children: _____________ ; seven grandchildren: ________________ ; and two great grandchildren: ____________. Burial was at Lakeside Cemetery, St. Ignace, MI, alongside her parents. A fund has been established in Dorothy's memory. The Dorothy Vogt Fund, to support the Alice Uren Powers Gallery, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, 700 First Avenue South, Escanaba, MI, 49829. (501(c)(3) organization). Or, you can toast Dorothy with a glass of chardonnay. She would have liked that.
Funeral Home
Field & Leik Funeral Home - Dimondale
122 W. Washington Dimondale, MI 48821
(517) 646-0515
As published in Grand Rapids Press on June 1, 2018, Grand Rapids, Michigan
NAMES REDACTED FOR PRIVACY OF THE LIVING.
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